Temple for looms.



WILLIAMJ. coLBERT AND-JOHN J. Hemi-Mor FALLl RIvEai/IiissaoHUsETTs; SAIDHoNAN AssIGNoR TOSAID COLBERT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

application nea umh 12.1904. serial No. 197,896.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM J. COLBER'I and vJOHN J HONAN, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Fall River, in the county of Bristol andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Temples for Looms, of which the following is aspecication.

Uur invention relates to improvements in temples for looms; and theobjects of 'our improvement are, first, to render` the temple strongerand more rigid; second, to render the temple less costly of production;third, to allow' a greater width of cloth between temples when on theloom; and, fourth, lto make the temple more simple, so that it can betaken ofl` and put on'by the ordinary Weaver. We attain these objects bymechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is the top or plan view of the whole temple. Fig. 2 is a vertical viewof the whole temple. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the stand and shankon the plane x Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the plate and shank at theppint y y where the stand is fastened to the ate.

Similar letters refer to similarparts throughout the several views.

A re resents the cap; B, the pod; C, the heel; f 4 e F, the shank; D db, the stand; a, the plate G, the s iral spring c', the screws by which.the stan is fastened to the plate.

The pod, heel, plate, and spring are the same as those in common use.

The shank E e F is one solid casting, which below t e collar e isrounded. Above collar e it is wed e shaped to the point f, whence to theend it is substantially square andvtapering. The stand D d b is alslotted plate having a collar with a circular hole to admit the roundedshank at the point b, yand at the point D there are two projections tothe front, the space between which is a complement of the wedge-shapedshank, which is dovetailed tightly into the stand at this place. Thestand is slotted, so that it may be fastened with screws to the plate,which is attached to the breast-beam of the loom.

The shank is dovetailed into the stand and is therefore held securelyand rigidly without the use of screws or lag-bolts, which Weakv simplypushing the shank down into thel stand until the point f reaches thepoint formerly occupied b e, when the shank will come right out of t iestand, and thus prevent the temple from obstructing the weaver in hisWork, as the ordinary temple noW does.

,Our temple will be less costly of production, because it is nothing butplain castin Without any holes to drill and tap, and littIe or no filingor fnish is necessary.

Our temple is fastened to the late by screws through the slot beneath thspring, as is shown in the drawings. By this we accomplish two objects.First, in the ordinary temple a width of three-quarters of an inch isallowed on the inside of thetemple for a slot through which to fastenthe stand to the late. By having the slot in the center of t e standbeneath the spring the stand is not necessarily so wide, and a greaterwidth of cloth can be run between the temples. Second, in the ordinarytemple, with the slot y on the side, the slot must be on the inside- 1'.e.

on the side toward the center of the loomand this makes necessary themanufacture of right and left temples. With the slot inthe center of thestand, as in our temple, the same stand may be used either right orleft.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a loom-temple, a temple-stand having upturned ears convergingtoward their free ends forming a wedge-shaped recess, a yielding shankc/arryin the tem le-rolls and e spiralhaving a wedge-shape section ttingin the Wedge-shaped recess between said ears, and a reduced portionbeyond the wedge-shaped section for ermitting the removal of the shankfrom t e stand.

2. In a loom-temple, a yielding shank, car- IOO ryin the tem" le-rolls,and a collar, above In testimonyv whereof we have axed our wh,i th shanisgvedgeshped leind hlwin signetiires in presence of two witnesses.

a re uce portion eyon t e We e-s ape section, and' a stand,' havinguptugrned ears converging towrdftheir'free ends, and forming awedge-shaped recess between said eers Witnesses: to receive thewedge-shaped section of the HENRY F. NICKERSON, shank. ADELAID HADEAID.

